The Daily Worker Newspaper, November 7, 1925, Page 3

a4 LAME DUCK, LOBBYIST FOR MILLIONAIRES Mondell Adviser to Cal Coolidge By LAURENCE TODD, (Federated Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON—Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming, former old guard ma- chine boss in the house, defeated in the race for the senate against Ken- drick and then consoled by appoint- ment to the war finance commission until he launched upon a career as lobbyist and adviser to big corpora- tions at the national capital, has ap- peared in the tax legislation fight. He has sent to all press correspond- ents three speeches which he has de- livered in defense of the Coolidge- Mellon tax-shifting plans. One fs en- titled. “National Tax Reform and Re- duction,” and it was delivered April 16 last before the Louisiana Bankers’ association, at New Orleans, The next was called “Federal Tax Policies and Oheir Effect on the West,” deliv- ered June 17 at the South Dakota Bankers’ association convention at Brooikngs. The third was entitlea “Federal Tax Reform,” and was heara by the Hamilton Club of Chicago on June 15. Make Little Fellow Pay. The substance of Mondell’s pro- gram of tax-shifting from the big and strong to the little and patient shoul- ders is set forth in resolutions adopted by the Louisiana bankers after he spoke. They denounced the federal income tax rates as excessive, favored maximum surtax rates of ‘less than 25 per cent,” demanded abolition of the federal inheritance tax, call upon democrats in congress to deal with taxation as a nonpartisan ) question, and“call for repeat of the publicity clause in the income. tax law. Enemy of Labor. Mondell was known in Washington for many years as an active agent of every interest, opposed to the farm- ers and to organized labor. He was retired from congress. on his record. He was for tha treason taken up by Coolidge. _He can. now be seen, often enuf, in the entrince lobby of the White House offices, conducting vari- ous “substantial” individuals into the presence of Coolidge, He ‘offers ad- vice to Coolidge,,and his clients seem * to find satisfaction in the fact that he puts away coat and hat and looks quite at home when he gets to the White House. Now that congress is about to take up tax legislation he is busier and more. patronizing in man- ner than ever, ‘ Praises Large Fortunes, His clients who now print. and cir- culate his tax-shifting arguments are assured of his loyalty by this’ typical paragraph in his talk to the Hamilton Club: “I know: of no excuse that can be offered for the-present federal state tax, except the possible one of so- cialism, and I agree with President Coolidge that governments - should not seek social legislation in the guise of taxation, and that. large fortunes properly managed are not necessarily a menace to our institutions,” Preliminary exchanges of views among the progressives in congress who will follow the lead of Senator Norris indicate that the administra- tion tax scheme will,be fought every inch of the way. The progressives will insist on publicity of income tax returns, retention of the federal es- tates (inheritance) tax, and reduction of the income tax on smaller incomes before reduction is made on the larger incomes, Send for a catalogue of all Com- munist literature. GLEVELAND GALLS ON “UNONS TO JON “HOV, TH CELEBRATION CLEVELAND, Nov. 5—The Work- ers Party of this city has issued a letter to all local unions in this city, jiing upon them to jain in a de- jon for defense and recogn- the Soviet government, which is being arranged for Sunday, “Nov. 8th. ‘The principal speaker at the Cleveland demonstration which will be held at Moose Hall, 1000 Walnut St. at 2:30 p. m., will be Comrade Jay Lovestone, <r Hear Max Bedacht i speak on “THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION” Sunday, Nov. 8 at ODD FELLOWS HALL Cor. Albany and 12th St. it A meeting arranged by the youth un- der the auspices of the West Side /) -Freiheit Yugend Club, vi —Meeting Begins at 7:30 p. Admission Only 15 Cents, *— PURCELL ROUSES KANSAS CITY || AW TRADE UNIONISTS IN MESSAGE ~ OF WORLD TRADE UNION UNITY (Continued from page 1) men, women and children are work- ing, often as long as 36 hours at a stretch. Children are born in the mines, 4 = All Workers Must Unite Often among the unorganized it is said, “Why bother about the trade unions?” But they have brought to labor the gains it has made. The sixty-hour week of the British miners has been cut to forty-two, But now the competition of Asia compels the British workers to seek unity with all workers, No matter what one may think about Soviet Russia, it has 6,000,000 organized unionists, working out problems that will help other workers. solve theirs. Each people must be allowed to work out their own destiny, Hands off Russia, and England and America, too, when the masses of people are making their government to their own liking. But we must achieve labor unity, unity. Labor must set foot everywhere capitalist sets foot and bring into one great international all labor led by the unions of the world. Not Afraid of Russians Purcell told of the horrible condi- tions that existed in Baku, Russian Caucasus, before the revolution and the wonderful change made by the workers’ government with the back- ing of the Russian unions. The re- presentatives of each nation’s unions would do more in five minutes to abol- ish war, end the opium trafic, ete,, than all the capitalist conferences ever organized. Russian unions must be represent- ed. We need them, they need us, We must help workers’ Russia with ma- chines, They will help us with food. We need not fear the Russians, they would have only two representatives to our eighteen. Even if they would eat sixteen of us we would still have as many as they. : All Cards on the Table ‘We call for world unity of all unions —all cards on the table. We want to have American unions in, We want to say to the capitalists of the world, “If you want war go fight it yourself.” Here the audience rose spontaneously and burst into cheers, The workers bear the cost, they give|licemen were on the Genna payroll, in matter how we get the change—just | Alselmi and John Scali so we get it. The great fact stands |torney Robert to raise armies to fight the battles of }been passing! the buck back and forth imperialism, There has been a big|/as to whose duty it is to get the to do about Russia killing the’ poor |Genna “payroll” and prosecute the of- czar. Well, England has killed kings |fenders for conspiring to violate the | England has made the | prohibition law. and queens. most savage of wars, but the war waged by labor is always humane. The workers of the world hold the|the state’s” attorney his been given | future in their hands. They may make |“ample” time to act upon it. great things of the world, a world of plenty and security for those who}handle the case claiming create the wealth of the world, but} United States attorney must first take there must be world tfade’ union unity }action in this case as it concerns a to get them. Events Move Faster and Faster Events are moving faster and faster to compel the workers of the world to set foot on the pathway that leads to power. We must be prepared. The battlers that have gone before have suffered and are suffering. Capitalists have filled the jails of the nations they rule with thousands of leaders of the trade unions. One nation alone has 9,000 in prison. We must get power to fight this thing to the death. We must get power to approach the master with terms by throwing the whole weight of one great world or- ganization of unions into the balance in all nations on the side of the work- ers and their emancipation. As Purcell closed three rousing cheers, led by Alex Howat, militant miners’ leader, fairly rocked the build- ing. Relea athe CLEVELAND WORKERS WAGE FIGHT AGAINST POLICE PERSECUTION CLEVELAND, Nov. 4- —The Workers Party of Cleveland is now engaged | in a free speech fight, fighting the efforts of the local police department to bar Workers Party literature and speakers from the streets of Cleveland. On last Friday night, Witt, the public theater. Gordon were. distributing the election leaflets issued by the district commit--}, tee of the Workers Party. They were. warned by the cop that this was against the law. Retiring to the cor- her, where they. saw persons distri- buting leaflets of other parties, they continued to distribute the- Workers* Party leaflets and were immediately je: arrested. Police Molest Protest Meeting. .. |. On Saturday, the Workers Party held a protest meeting at . public Square against the threatened execu- tion of Rakosi and the other Hutigar- ian comrades. Comrade I. Amter,'the district secretary spoke for more than an hour, while the policeman and a captain listened. They. moved up to the stand, but did not interfere. The captain then crossed the street with a plainclothesman. Shortly af- terwards, Comrade Benjamin’ toék the stand and was criticizing Séeretary of State Kellogg for refusing to’ admit even an alleged Red, Countess Kar- olyi, when he was dragged from the platform by the captain and taken to the station. He was charged with disorderly con- duct and held under $1,000 bail. The police stated that the reason they ar- rested him was to protect him from the ku kluxers. They tried to trump up a ease of criminal syndicalism— but even that seemed too much for them, for shortly afterwards they of- fered him his release provided he would sign a waiver, It.is a clear sign that the police intend to deny the Workers Party the Tight of free speech in Cleveland. The Workers Party has decided to fight back. The district committee has sent a letter to the city manager and safety director asking whether the Workers Party is to have the same rights as the other parties or not. It has asked whether the Work- ers Party is to have the right of free speech or not. The letter states that “either this right 3 or we have been shorn of the democracy that is supposed to prevail, . This is a vital question not only for the Work- ers Party, but for the organized work- ers of this city. For we are conscious that when members of thé Workers Party are harassed and attacked, this generally precedes an attack on the organized workers of the country.” Protest Meeting Arranged, The International Labor Defense, which is conducting the defense of Comrade Benjamin, has arranged a mass protest meeting together with the Workers Party at public square on Saturday, November 6, at 4 p. m. REACTION TRYING TO SEIZE CANTON WHIPT — BY THE KUOMINTANG HONGKONG, Nov. 5.—Cantonese forces under Chang Kai-shek have captured Swataw and the followers of Chen Chiung-ming have retreated into Fukien and Kiagsi provin Opposition on other fronts appar- ently has collapsed leaving the Can- ton forces in control of the prov- ince of Kwangtung, the, independent, was holding a meeting at Comrades: Herbert Benjamin; Sadie Amter and Marian ‘) “ORD'S CANDIDATE WINS IN DETROIT DETROIT, Nov. 5.—Mayor John Ford-Detroit Federation of Labor united front won the election yee terday by a very narrow margin over his opponent, Charles Bowles, Bowles was supported by the ku klux klan, and altho defeated, nine of the klan candidates for the city council were élected. Considerable disturbance and a Spectacular auto parade by klans- men wound up the campaign. The political labor fakers expect to get in on the spoils and some of them expect to be protected in their bootlegging activities because of their betrayal of the workers of De- troit in lining up behind Henry Ford's candidate. State Opens Trial of Dr. Sweet and 10 Co-Defendants DETROIT, Mich., Nov.—The state of Michigan has begun to present its witnesses against Dr, O. H. Sweet and 10 co-defendants in the hope of con- victing them for the murder of a white hoodlum ‘that was in a mob that threatened the lives of the Ne- groes that had come to visit Dr. Sweet. Clarence Darrow and Arthur Gar- field Hays are defending the Negroes in their fight to live wherever they please with no interference on the part of klansmen, Hi Johnson Says He Will Fight for U. S. Minimum Wage Law PHOENIX, Arix., Nov. 5.— Senator Hiram Johnson of California will in- troduce in congress a resolution pro- viding for an amendment to the con- stitution giving states power to enact laws governing minimum wages for women. He so announced when he arrived here with the senate sub- committee on irrigation and reclama- tion. she supreme court recently held the Arizona minimum wage law for women unconstitutional. v4 THE DAldat WORKER WITH LABOR AID | | ! PASSING BUCK IN GRAFT QUIZ Busy Dodging “Payroll” Expose Since the charge made by Attorney O'Donnell that 300 of the Chicago po- their lives and everything to war. No|the trial of the Genna gunmen, Albert} ate’s At-| United Crowe and out that Russia can no more be used |States Attorhey Edwin A. Olson have | United States Attorney Olson re- fuses to hafdle the case until after | State’s Attorney Crowe refuses to that the violation of ‘the feedral law. The various heads of the police de- partment are still threatening a shake- | breeding man and MOSCOW, Nov. 5. station Guinea. “We will start our experiments by crossing chimpanzees with gorillas, by artificial means, and we may alse cross gibbons with chimpanzees and gorillas.” To Crossbreed Apes. “In the actual experiments of cross- the higher apes, we expect to use representatives of the most primitive African tribe, and chimpanzees which are the most man- like of the apes, “The experiment will be expensive because the higher apes do not multi ply in captivity, and it is necessary to take an extensive staff, with ex- pensive equipment to tehir homes. The Pasteur Institute experimental station in French Guinea is ideally located for the work. It is in the midst of vast forests abounding in man-like apes.” Dr. Ivanoff said that if the experi- in Port Konakry, up of the police force, but they will not do so at the present moment, “as it may endanger the state’s cases” against the two gunmen. It has becomie known that the day that the Génna gang and the police shot it out, that a number of police broke into the Italian-American So- cial Club headquarters, 1022 West Taylor street, in an attempt to seize the Genna “payroll” records fearing that an exposure would result. “King Benjamin” Can Safely Return to House of David BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Nov. 5— “King Bénjamin” Purnell, for two years a fugitive from the House of David colony, which he organized here more than 20 years ago, may return without danger of arrest now. It was jearned that suits for $100,- 000 each filed against him by Ruth Bamford Reed and Gladys Rubel as an outgrowth of the expose of the House of David in 1922, have been dismissed, The suits were based on alleged improper relations which the sisters claimed Purnell had forced on them. Gives 28 Per Cent Wage Raise as Best _ Way to Stop Strike VIENNA,” Austria, Nov. 5—The threatened strike of 90,000 govern- W. Smith, supported by the Henry {ment employes has been averted by a salary increase of 28 per cent. Jury Hard to Pick. Holdup victims are so plentiful in Chicago that fifteen of the first six- teen veniremen questioned in an ef- fort to get a jury to try Henry J. Fernekes, “midget bandit,” on a charge of murder were disqualified. Fernekes, accused of many robber- ies and two murders in the East, was brot back for trial from Joliet pris- on where he is serving a 1 to 14 years for a bank holdup. His alleged victim was Michael Swinatowski, cashier of a building and loan association, slain by bandits as he took several thousand dollars to a bank, RECOGNITION OF SOVIET RUSSIA WILL BE DEMAND OF NEW YORK MEETING NEW YORK, Nov. 5—“The United States must recognize Soviet Rus- sia.” That is the growing determina- tion of ever greater masses of the American workers. The new plot against Soviet Russia, hatched at Locarno, in; which an attempt is made to unite France, Germany, England, the United States, and other similar powers in a common drive for thé overthrow of the Rus- sian workers’ republic, has only in- tensified this determination on the part of the American workers that their government shall recognize and open the fullest and freest trade relations with’Soviet Russia. This answer will be the central feature of country-wide demonstra- tions on the ¢éasion of the eighth anniversary Of the November, 1917, Russian revolution. The workers of New York City will pladge their solidarity fom'the defence of Soviet and make their demand for ‘ecognition at two great meeting» in Central Opera 205 East 67 St., New York Hous City, and in Grand Assembly Hall, 318 Grand St. Brooklyn, N, Y,, both on Nov, 6, at 8 pm m, GREEK FUR WORKERS WIN STRIKE IN UNION ORGANIZATION DRIVE NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 5.—The Greek fur workers, hitherto unorgan- ized, but lately brought into the Furriers’ Union with the aid of the left wing Joint board headed by Ben Gold, have won a complete victory afte days of spirited strike. The bosses’ association have granted all demani only a few small shops remain to settle. The triumphant: ing thi shops. streets with bands playing and banners flying oethe way r several ‘ikers are otolg, TaN ments gave positive results, the ex- pedition might remain many years in the Pasteur station, repeating and ex- tending the work until complete proof had been obtained of the relationship of man to lower forms of animal life, Two Killed and Four Hurt in DuPont Blast TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 5.—Two men were killed and four more were in- jured when the dynamite cartridge house at the Dupont Powder Works exploded Wednesday. AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO. “VISIT” AIRPLANE SQUADRON IN RIFF WAR WASHINGTON, Nov, 5. — The state department at Washington ex- pressed “surprise,” when asked as to the purpose of the trip to be made by the American ambassador, Moore, to “visit” the American air squadron fighting on the side of the French against the Riffians, and tried to make it appear as tho they knew nothing of the matter. A number of weeks ago, the state department, after many protests against the participation of the American aviators in the Riff war, in a half-hearted note notified the American air squadron that they were violating American law by at- tacking a friendly people. The state department has done nothing to force the aviators out of Morocco. Books by STATE AND REVOLUTION nin. Communism, derstood by every Communist. 96 pages PROLETARIAN REVOLUTION or KAUTSKY THE RENGADE sheviks. 128 pages (paper) THE INFANTILE SICKNESS, or “Ll In all yd< ultra-left phr line of Communism, ature. Price, (paper) One of the most widely known of the works of Le- Written just before the Bolshevik revolution, it is a Marxian analysis of the capitalist state “the armed protector of Capitalism”, and a lesson in the revolutionary necessity of the establishment of the workers’ state, “the Dictatorship of the Proletariat”, during the period of transition from Capitalism to State and Revolution is the final re- futation of the nonsense spread by right socialists, anarchists, pacifists and syndicalists regarding the state. The book contains some of the most import- ant Communist theory which must be read and un- Lenin led the fight of the revolutionist against the reformists and diluters of Marxism for 20 years. this book he delivers a permanently annihilating at- tack on Kautsky the chief theoretician of the Men- Commpnists would do well to read and re- read this all too little knowf book, wTISM” IN COMMUNISM #% revolutionary movements there de- velops an exaggerated tendency toward the “left” — a systematic opposition to participation in reaction- ary trade unions, and a wish to remain “pure” in the face of necessary and advantageous compromises. Lenin completely unmasks the hollowness of the , shatters their positions and leaves a ringing and crystal declaration of the true political A classic of Communist Mter- Page Thre RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS WILL LEAVE FOR AFRICA TO CARRY ON STUDIES a the end of this month FILIPINOS DEMAND REFERENDUM DECIDE INDEPENDENCE ISSUE (Special to The Daily Worker) MANILA, Nov. 5—A_ national plebiscite to decide; whether the Filipino’s wish independnce or not will be held early next year, if Gov- ernor General Leonard Wood does not veto it, acoording to the lead- ers of the majority delegation in the Philippine legislature. A bill is now being prepared which will be presented to this ses- sion of ghe legislature which ad- journs Nov. 9, providing for a refer- endum on the question. Passaic Mill Workers Organizing the Fight Against the Wage Cut PASSAIC, Nov. The mill owners are planning a new attack against the weavers. The Battoney just had a wage cut of 10 per cent and it is the question of a short time when it will be followed in the other mills. In case the weavers do not organize, they will suffer a wage cut and starvation they never had before, The united front committee of the textile workers which consists of the delegates from different unions locals and textile mills, have put is aas their task, the organization of the weavers in order to resist the attacks of the mill owners in an organized manner. A meeting was held at Passaic last Friday in which about eight hundred workers participated. Other mass meetings are going to be held, one for each nationality in order to ex- plain their situation to them. At every meeting we are going to have an English speaker. All meetings are held at Hoffman’s Hall, 27 Dayton Ave., and they begin at 7:30 p, m. Workers, organize ‘and fight for a 44-hour week, for 10 per cent raise and for the recognition of the union. Line up behind the united front com- mittee of the textile workers Headquarters open for registration every night at 25 Dayton Ave. When that argument begins at lunch time in your shop tomor- row—show them what the DAILY WORKER says about it. V. I. ULIANOV ENIN NICOLAI LENIN, His Live and Work by G, Zinoviev A short biography of Lenin by a friend and poli- tical co-worker of many years, Gregory Zinoviev, first president of the Communist International. Price, (paper) man, 25 Cents, THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LENINISM, By I. Stalin. An In .25 Cents CAPITALISM tical economy, 15 Cents | } f Hopeful of proving the theory of evolution in the} wilds of Africa by cross-breeding man with the higher apes, by artificial | means, Dr. I. I. Ivanoff, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences andj world famous biologist, will leave for Af | Dr. Ivanoff’s expedition is being backed by the Russian Academy of! 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Chicago ~- ILL. | by | army rifl BANKERS TAKE STEPS T0 FORM CONSTABULAR Guardsmen to Be Use} Against Strikers KEWANEE, Ill, Nov. 5.—The fit step towards the establishing of state constabulary, which can be use j* manufacturers and bankers t break strikes, was started here unde the guise of protecting Henry count) against bank robberies and holdups, ty guardsmen, members of & were National Rifle Association, | sworn in as special deputies in Henry county by Sheriff George P, Brown and equipped with sawed-off shotguns, and revolvers. As organized labor has so far sue cessfully opposed the creation of & state constabulary in Mlinois this method is now being adopted of bring- ing to life that pet of the bankers’ and manufacturers’ associations. New York Y.W.L. to Protest Legion Week of Fake “Education NEW YORK CITY, Nov. 5— On Sunday, November 15, at 1 p. m., Man hattan Lyceum, 66 Bast 4th street, @ mass meeting against “Education” week will be held by the Young Work- ers’ League of District No. 2. The American Education Week is set aside by the bourgeoisie for the purpose of “educating” the children young workers and the working class as a whole towards patriotism to the capitalist class and also to keep them from struggling against capitalist ex- ploitation. The Young Workers’ (Communist) | League is calling upon the masses of the young workers to join in the struggle against American “Bduca- tion” week and all that it represents. The struggle against the American “Education” Week is a struggle in the defense of the workers’ interests: Every worker and young worker who understands the interests of his clase and has them at heart should come to demonstrate his protest at the mass meeting, Sunday, November 15, at 1 p. m., Manhattan Lyceum, 66 East 4th street. Pat Toohey, a young miner who was recently released from jail where he served a sentence because of his activities in behalf of the stril- ing miners. Area Branch One of Y. W. L. Meets Sunday Area Branch No. 1, of the ¥oung Workers’ League of Chicago, announce es that there will be an important business meeting at 19 South Lincoln street, 10 a, m., Sunday morning. Books About 25 Cents on Communist theory and Written by a 35 Cents By Nicolai Lenin 50Cents f